Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-06
EVENTS OF THE WEEK
Domestic News

to the amount of $150,0OO; insurance $751;
600. Ats o'clock the same evening a heavy
thunder storm, accompanied by wind with
a velocity of 36 miles an hour, passed over
the city hooding streets and doing great
damage to trees, fences and small buildings.
Telegraph wires were Frustrated and trains
on several roads delayed. The signal SER
vice records for July show that the past
month has been the hottest in fifteen years,
and that more rain has fallen than in any
previous July for many years.
A special from Paducah, KY, says that
just preceding the earthquake Monday
night, farm of 300 acres, planted in corn
and tobacco, sank from four to six feet, and
that the basin began at once to fill with
water. There were two colored families
living on the place who did not feel the
settling of the earth, but were awakened
by water pouring in on the floor of their
cabins. They got on to high ground safely.
aTrigg county is about sixty five miles from
the ''sunken lands" that went down sixty
to seventy feet during the New Madrid
CONFUSION about sixty years ago.
Late dispatches from British Columbia
state that news from the northern salmon
fisheries is encouraging. The Skeena river
pack will be the heaviest known. Fifty-two
thousand cases are already packed. The
Alert bay pack is good. Reports from
is shortage of between $4,000 and $4,000
cases. The pack this year is estimated at
100000, and possibly 100000 Last season a
number of vessels were loaded with salmon.
Only one bias received cargo so far this
season. ...
Joseph Rich, farmer, aged 80, drove on to
a railroad crossing near Richmond, Ind, on
the Goth, after he had heard the whistle OF
the engine, and was struck by the train
going 30 miles an hour; Rich, his baby and
mother-in-law were killed, but Mrs Rich
escaped alive. The horses were killed The
spectacle was horrible, as Rich was cut in
twain and had his head caved in. His baby
was ground to a pulp, and Mrs. Newcomb
had oneleg torn off and her arms, body and
head mangled.
James McConlay, of Hastings, Nebraska,
a day or two since the buried body of his
only son Hugh, who, it was reported, had
been killed in the st. Thomas, Ont, accident
two weeks ago. The body was followed to
the grave by the Borrowing relatives. Friday
after the burial the old man was astonished
to see his son walk into the house alive and
well, and then the discovery was made that
the body shipped and mOurned over and
buried, was that of young Canadian.
At railroad crossing near Lakeside,
Mich, train struck a wagon containing
Miss Hattie Shaver, Miss Hattie Reynolds,
Lottle Shaver, Fred Hatch and Charles
Wilbeck and killed the first two. Lottie
Shaver, little girl, cannot live. The
ladies were carried 113 feet and thrown
down an embankment. The men we're not
seriously hurt. The train gave the usual
signal, but Wilbeck drove across the track
when the train was in sight.
The last business day Of July was a
critical one in Wall Street, and stocks
touched lower prices than have been
known since the break after the rise in
June. Two failures occurred. Minneapolis
q st. Louis dropped 81 per cent, Reading
from 50 to AZ, Vanderbilt's an average
decline of per cent. just before the close
OF the day there was slight recovery and
the market was less unsettled.
Secretary Bayard has received a dispatch
from Consul General Phelan at Halifax
saying that he is investigating the recent
seizure Of American vessels in Canadian
waters, and that he has instructed the
consul at Charlottetown to take measure
ments of the sea at the points where the
seizures were made, so as to establish the
exact distance from above.
At p. NJ on the goth, a tornado struck
David City, Nebraska, demolishing mum
Der of buildings, including the Union Pa
| school house, foundry, two elevators, anC
| brick hotel. One man was killed and quite
| a number injured. At a W. G. T. U. lawr
party several ladies were picked up by the
wind and carried short distances, but none
much hurt.
Insurance men in the east are discussing
with anxiety the alarming increase of fire
| losses, which, throughout the country fol
| the last two months have been at the rate
Of 500 100000 year, four or five times the
| normal ratio. One insurance agent said
| sslf this thing keeps up we are going to stop
| that's all; we must have a let up or perish
Thursday afternoon, Katie Callahan
Delah M. Walsh, Matte Heating, Maggie
Tooney and Lucy Callahan, aged from
twelve to fourteen years, went bathing il
the Concord river at North Bellerica, Mass
| The current carried them beyond theil
depth and the first four were drowned.
The July rains produced the most ex
tensive freshet at Augusta, Ca, known il
20 years. The Savannah registered 33 fee
| inches on the Both, and the corn ant
cotton in the Savannah Valley we're sub
merged and destroyed; the Georgia ant
| other railroads suffered great damage.
| Charles H. Reed, the former Chicago law
yer who assisted in the defense of Presiden
| Garfield's assassin, attempted suicide abou
six o'clock Saturday morning by iumpin!
into the river off Jersey City ferry boat
He was rescued and taken to the insan,
ward of the New York jail
A Kalamazoo, Mich, dispatch says: No
since 1858 has this section suffered SO terri
bly, from drouth as this season. Corn ant
| potatoes are practically ruined. Many
farmers are cutting up the former, and fire
| have commenced their devastating work
There were several fatal cases of sun
stroke at New York City, July 81, anon,
them, that of Oscar s. Sawyer, the wei
| known newspaper correspondent. Ninetee1
persons died without attendance, the larg
est number in one days record.
The Columbian bank of PHILADELPHIA,
assigned on the Both, owing to carrying to,
heavy load for stock operators
August 1st free postal delivery began a
Saltwater, Mimi, Oskloosa, Iowa, and Hur
on, Dakota.
The steamer Star of Scotia was wrecke,
OF the Falkland islands and eight lives lost
There were eight deaths from sun-strok
at Philadelphia, Sunday, July 81.
Nashville, st. Louis and Evansville re
port slight shocks of earthquake.
The public debt reduction for July wa
$4,S44 1894.
Crimes.
| A crazed mother at Adamsville, Ohio
poisoned her three children using Paris greer
for the purpose.
DR.. st. John and DR.. Dell have bee1